Improvement in urinals



NITED STATES PATENT EEIGE.

JOHN O. GARNSEY, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN URINALS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.145,34l, dated December9, 1873;' application filed November 15, 1873.

YTo all lwhom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOHN C. GARNsEY, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Urinal` of which thefollowing is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l rep= resents a top view of myimproved urinal; and Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section of the sameonthe line c c, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of my invention is to furnish a urinal for hospitals and forpersons confined in` bed by sickness, bylwhich the difficulties eX-perienced with the present shapes, in regard to the manner of using andcleaning them, may be avoided, and greater facilities offered forhandling the same, while the same shape may be equally well employed byboth sexes. My invention consists, mainly, in a vessel of broad -ovalbase and ilat shape, with a handle ar- `broader part of which forms therear, the narrower part the front, of the same. rlhe urin al rests withits broad bottom on the bed, having thereby a suitable support, withoutbeing upset easily by a change in the position o f the body. The handleoi' the urinal is somewhat in front of the center of the base, the rearpart being lattened under suitable inclination, as shown in Fig. 2, andext-ending up nearly to the foot of the handle. The center of gravity ofthe urinal and its contents is thrown back of the handle, and thespilling prevented by the inclined top oi' the rear part.l The unevensurface of the bed or the inclined position of the vessel exerciseshardly any influence on the contents, and avoids thereby many of theannoying features of those in common use. The spout C extends in frontof the handle beyond the base, and is curved downward, forming aorwardprojecting pointed part.

The urinal may be conveniently used without changing the position of thebody, and by persons of either sex. The opening formed by the spout-infront of the handle is of sufficient size to admit thorough emptying andcleaning of the same.

` The manner of application and other advantages are obvious, andrequire hardly any special description, it being easily perceptible fromthe peculiar shape, as indicated in the drawing.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- As a new article of manufacture, a urinal forbed-ridden persons which has a broad oval base with covered rear part,being provided with a handle in front of the center of the base, and adownward-curved forward-projecting spout, arranged in the mannersubstantially as and for the purposes described.

JOHN C. GARNSEY. Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL,

ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

